Recommending it to my friends and family

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2004)

I enjoyed this movie so much, I will likely buy it, and I rent, not buy, most DVDs I see. The concept was unique, the story captivating, the acting flawless, the score was haunting, the ship was glorious and hideous all at the same time, as you were carried through. I am half Italian by heritage, so I got pleasure out of reading more about how the film was made, finding stories about it on dedicated websites. Apparently the ship was a Russian vessel pretty much in a salvage state, used for training Russian seamen, when the Italian filmmakers found it, sailed it to Italy, docked it near Rome, and prepared it for the film. I loved that ! It was modeled after the Lusitania and the Mauritania...the ballroom was MARVELOUS,,,and the engine room was frightening ! Like in the Titanic, the classes are neatly divided,,,the richly rich and the very poor, living their lives as they sailed from one continent to the other, according to their state in life...with one exception..."1900" himself..who lived his own life in his own way from beginning to,,,, There are scenes in the movie that took my breath away...and,no, I won't do spoilers here. You will just have to find the beauty, the joy, the poignancy, and the pathos in this film for yourself. You just don't see this kind of film every day. Personally, I gave it a 10 ! edit: 1) my daughter did give me this film on DVD for Christmas !! 2) I viewed it with a very creative friend of ours, an artist. He was so moved that when the film was over, he breathed a heavy breath and said, "That may very well be the best movie I've ever seen." How sweet it is !